§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will defer any decision on the Greenwich Healthcare Trust application until after the consultation on the acute services strategy for the Greenwich health district has been completed;
(2) if she will defer any decision on the Greenwich Healthcare Trust application until the long-term future of the Queen Elizabeth military hospital is known:
(3) if she will publish the business plan for the Greenwich Healthcare Trust when she receives it.
(4) if she will make it her policy to disclose any advice or comments which she receives from the South East Thames regional health authority on the Greenwich Healthcare Trust application.
§ Dr. MawhinneyIn reaching a decision on whether to grant trust status to Greenwich Healthcare, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will take into account the outcome of consultation on all of the relevant issues surrounding the trust application. Requests for copies of responses to consultation on the trust application should be directed to the South East Thames regional health authority. It is not our policy to publish confidential advice from regional health authorities to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. With effect from 1993–94, all established trusts will publish their annual business plans. Financial summaries produced by potential trusts are confidential. It is for the trust project team to decide whether to publish these summaries.